Midnight

• Alisha Kelly, Grade 4, St Dominic's School
• Poetry
• 2011

Excellence Award in the 'Step Write Up 2011' competition

The clock strikes
It is midnight
But the clock broke
And no one can hear its silence
No one knows
The town is empty
No tune
No sound
Just silence
The sky is black
Stars shine like crystals
It’s as still as a mountain
It is frozen
Nothing moves
No one knows this town
It is called Midnight